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Recognised as Colour

#23BBA6

  • #23BBA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#23BBA6 is a cyan with RGB values 35, 187, 166 and HSL 172°, 68%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#23BBA6#23BBA6
HEX#23BBA6
RGBrgb(35, 187, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.7333, 0.651
RGB percentages13.7%, 73.3%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(171.7, 68.5%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 81.3%, 73.3%)
CMYK81.3%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,341,798
CSS custom property--colour: #23BBA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.73:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#DC4459

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2AFA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA1A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.8Turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2Dark cyan · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB2338
Analogous#23BB5A, #2384BB
Triadic#A623BB, #BBA623
Split complementary#BB2384, #BB5A23
Tetradic#5A23BB, #BB2338, #84BB23

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8F2EA
Lighter +30%#8DEADD
Lighter +20%#62E2D0
Lighter +10%#37DAC3
Darker −10%#1B9080
Darker −20%#13655A
Darker −30%#0B3A34
Darker −40%#030F0D
More saturated +25%#07D7BA
Less saturated −25%#3F9F92

Channel breakdown

R35
G187
B166
Red35 (13.7%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue171.71°
Saturation (HSL)68.47%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 23 · G BB · B A6

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